Drill-chuck



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. F. HENDRIOKSON.

- DRILL CHUCK.

"No. 577,656. I Patented Feb'.Z3,1897.

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UNTT D STaTns PATENT UFFICE.

JOHN F. HENDRICKSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRILL-CHUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,656, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed May 8,1896- Serial No. 590,758. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. HENDRIOKSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drill-Chucks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in drill-chucks for the purpose of adjusting at will the speed of a drill in a drilling-machine relative to the spindle of such machines; and it is carried out as follows, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the device. Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section on the line X X shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section on the line Y Y in Fig. 2 as seen in the direction of the arrow 3 in said Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 represents a similar section on said line Y Y in Fig. 2 as seen in the direction of the arrow 4 in said Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

A in Fig. 1 represents the socketcd drillingmachine spindle of a drilling machine, as usual, to which a rotary motion is imparted by any suitable mechanism.

B represents a hollow tapering sh an k adapted to be inserted and secured within the socket of the spindle A, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the lower end of the shank B is attached (Shown in Figs. 2 and 4c.)

In the hollow shank B is journaled the spin-' dle D, having its lower end extended downward as a chuck-holding shank E, in which the chuck F is secured, as shown in Fig. 2. f is a drill, as usual, adapted to be secured to the chuck F during the drilling operation. Attached to the shank E or made in one piece with it is a pinion e, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

. Loosely journaled on the shank Band shank E is a divided hollow hand-wheel G G, secured together by means of screws 9 g, as shown in the drawings.

WVithin the hollow hand-wheel G G is argear-wheel O, which is attached to the shank B. Attached to said pinion I is a gear-wheel K, the teeth of which mesh in the teeth of the gear-wheel 6, attached to the chuck-holding shank E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

From the above will be seen that an in; creased rotary m otion is imparted to the shank E, its chuck, and drill from the rotary drillin g-machine spindle A if the hand-wheel G G is held stationary by the operator during the revolution of the said rotary drilling-machine spindle A, and this is accomplished by the intermediate gears C, I, K, and e, as above described.

In ahorizontal recess in the hand-wheel portion G is horizontally adjustable a springpressed locking-pin L, the inner end of which is adapted to interlock with a notch or recess 1) on the shank B, as shown in Fig. 2, and when so interlocked the chuck-holding shank E is caused to rotate with the same speed as the drilling-machine spindle A.

If it is desired to disconnect the locking-pin L from the shank B, it is only necessary to pull it outward against the influence of its spring Z, so as to cause its pin Z to be interlocked in a recess 1). (Shown in Fig. 2.) Any other suitable locking and disconnecting device for connecting the hand-wheel G G to and from the shank B may be used Without departing from the essence of my invention.

Should the operator desire at any time to stop the rotation of the chuck F and its drill without stopping the rotation of the drillingmachine spindle, as may be needed in shifting the drill, it is only necessary to release his hold on the hand-wheel G G and grasp the shank E or its chuck F, thus causing the drill to be held stationary.

The invention,although especially designed for drilling purposes, as above stated, may to equal advantage be used as a cut-off coupling for shafting by simply using the handwheel as a pulley and provide it with a suitable brake mechanism to take the place of the holding of said wheel by the hand of the operator.

I-Iavingthus fully described the nature,condetaching the hand-Wheel to and from the strnction, and operation of my invention, I shank B, substantially as and for the purpose Wish to secure by Letters Patent and claimset forth. 7 r 5 In a drilling-machine a rotary drilling-ma- In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 chine spindle combined with a shank B atname to this specification, in the presence of tached to the same, and provided with a gear two subscribing Witnesses, on this 11th day of O, a chuck or drill holding shank E loosely April, A. D. 1896. journaled in said shank B and a gear 6, at-

i tached to said shank E, a hand-Wheel G, G, JOHN HENDRICKSON' 10 or pulley journaled on the shanks B, E, gears WVitnesses:

I I, K, intermeshing respectively with the gears ALBAN ANDREN,

G, e, and a locking device for attaching and LAURITZ N. MOLLER. 

